Fletcher L. Yarbrough & Co. v. Texas & N. O. Ry. Co.

BOND, Chief Justice.

Appellant Fletcher L. Yarbrough & Company, hereinafter referred to an Owner or Shipper, instituted this suit against appellee Texas & New Orleans Railway Company, hereinafter referred to as Carrier, for the loss of 152 bales of cotton destroyed by fire November 25, 1945, while on the platform of the Bryan Compress & Warehouse Company at Bryan, Texas, — hereinafter designated as Compress. The cotton was first delivered by the shipper to the compress in order that the cotton could be made ready for shipment. The compress issued to the owner a ticket or receipt for each bale…